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How to Outsmart Procrastination Using Your Brain's Own Chemistry

How to Outsmart Procrastination Using Your Brain's Own Chemistry

Update: 2025-11-01
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Ever notice how planning a team lunch suddenly becomes urgent when you're supposed to be working on something important? That's dread disguised as productivity – and today we're breaking it down.

In this episode, I'm sharing the concept of the "dread sprint" from Brooke Castillo, and honestly, I'm using it in real-time to get this very episode recorded.

We'll dive into the neuroscience behind why you avoid certain tasks, why productive procrastination still leaves you drained, and how to train yourself to push through the dread faster. Whether it's sending that proposal, looking at your financials, or having a tough conversation with a team member – the longer you wait, the longer you suffer.

Sometimes it's not motivation you need … it can be just motion. And this episode proves that's more than enough.

 

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

  • What a "dread sprint" is and how to use it to overcome avoidance in your business
  • The neuroscience behind why you suddenly remember every admin task when it's time to do something meaningful
  • How productive procrastination still runs on cortisol and drains your energy
  • How to train your brain to come back to baseline faster and build resilience

 

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If you want to learn how to streamline your operations so you can grow with less stress and burnout in your staging business, enrollment is open for Staging Business School Accelerate Track. I'd love to see you in the classroom!

 

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How to Outsmart Procrastination Using Your Brain's Own Chemistry

How to Outsmart Procrastination Using Your Brain's Own Chemistry

Lori Fischer